PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Portland marketing firm Leopold Ketel & Partners said it has begun a search for a new agency managing director after announcing that current president John Russell has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Russell had been with the 12-year-old agency for the past six years.
Nathan Plowman, who owns his own Portland-based marketing consulting firm has been retained as a strategic advisor during the transition, said Leopold Ketel’s founding partner Jerry Ketel. Plowman was global business director for 180 Amsterdam for six years, growing the small creative hotshop into an international creative powerhouse with more than 200 employees. Among 180’s notable campaigns were “Impossible is Nothing” for adidas and the 2006 World Cup campaign.
In addition to providing strategic business direction, Plowman will assist the agency in a nationwide search for a managing director.
Leopold Ketel & Partners was founded in 1996 and currently has 27 full-time employees and several freelancers. The marketing agency excels in strategic planning, advertising, design, media planning and buying and public relations.
The agency’s client roster includes some of Oregon’s best known companies and organizations including Tillamook Cheese, ODS Companies, Hood River Distillers, Springbrook Properties, Inc., The Allison Inn & Spa, Oregon Public Broadcasting, RadiSys, Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub, Benchmade Knife Co., Castelli cycling apparel, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon Humane Society, The Old Mill District in Bend, and Houdini Tool, Inc.
For more information, call 971-244-0661 or visit http://www.leoketel.com/.
Leopold Ketel & Partners
CONTACT: Olga Haley, Managing Director, Public Relations of LeopoldKetel & Partners, +1-971-244-0661, cell, +1-503-860-0848, [email protected]
Web site: http://www.leoketel.com/
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